Do genitive numerical phrases block the plural? Context: > []{}[]{}[]{}[]{}[]{} with the intended meaning > Both of you will be dead by the end of tomorrow. This question is about the **** . I understand that the "plural/collective" is not used if there is a classifier phrase indicating the number of objects preceding the object to pluralize. My problem here comes from the ever-irritating "Inverted Partitive Genitive" behavior. , an adjective-like object (noun in the genitive) meaning "both of," is technically a numerical phrase qualifying . My question is: # Should the presence of a genitive numerical phrase prevent pluralization? More concretely, should my sentence above begin with: * []{}[]{} * []{}[]{}

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I'm afraid both are incorrect and make little sense. To say "Both of you", you could say:

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"Both [noun]..." could be XX, XX, XX, eg:

> , , , _Both hands (nom.)_
> , , , _both cards (acc.)_
> You don't need to pluralise the noun.

But "both of [pronoun]" doesn't work this way; to mean "both of you/us/them", you don't say:

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You'd instead say:

> ///, /

and ("All of ~~") work the same way; you can say /, , , , etc., but , , sound unnatural.

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This makes little sense, I'm afraid.

> Both of you will be dead by the end of tomorrow.

could translate to something like:

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